5 Killer Biases That Can Hurt HR

I spend a lot of time deceiving myself. And, I’m sorry to say, so do you.

It’s not really our fault though. Our brains are sort of wired that way. You see, in order to function quickly, the human brain likes to take little cognitive shortcuts. We see a cue, and our brain fills in the blanks for us—it makes the leap so we can more quickly take action and make decisions. We call it gut instinct.

It’s something of a holdover from the caveman days. Your brain sees long teeth and fur, hears snarling...